MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... September 27, 2010 September 27, 2010 September 27, 2010 September 27, 2010
Brrrr!!
Those that left the house this morning without a jacket were in for quite a surprise with lows falling into the 40s over most of the state.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100927/today.TAIR.min.grad.png
The Oklahoma Mesonet station at Oilton (west of Tulsa) even managed to fall to a very chilly 36 degrees. That is the coldest measurement recorded by the Mesonet since Boise City saw 36 degrees on May 9, 2010. Oilton is one of those stations that has the chance to get a bit lower than the surrounding area due to the local terrain. With very light winds and little in the way of cloud cover, the temperature plummeted, as seen on Oilton's meteogram.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100927/oilton_meteogram.png
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Fore!!
On September 15, severe thunderstorms produced at least six tornadoes and lots of wind damage in Kansas near Wichita. Now one of the by-products of those storms was some very VERY large hail, including a stone that was 7.75 inches in diameter.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100927/915107inchstone.jpg
That'll put a knot in your noggin! That stone fell in southwest Wichita and will no doubt set the record for largest diameter hailstone in Kansas. The stone was 15.5 inches in circumference and weighed 1.1 lbs. The previous record was 5.7 inches in diameter, although that one topped the latest stone at 17.6 inches in circumference and 1.65 lbs.
By the way, that type of hail is not good for a golf course. You might as well have Carl the assistant greenskeeper (sorry, "Caddyshack" reference) out there trying to blow up a gopher with some C-4 explosives.
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Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253
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